Hadia Tajik
Hadia Tajik (born 18 July 1983) is a Norwegian[1] lawyer, journalist and politician. She was a minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre as Minister of Labour, Social Inclusion and Intergration (2021-2023).
Hadia Tajik | |
|---|---|
 Tajik in March 2017 | |
| Minister of Labour, Social Inclusion and Intergration | |
| In office 14 October 2021 – 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Torbjørn Røe Isaksen |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 21 September 2012 – 16 October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Anniken Huitfeldt |
| Succeeded by | Thorhild Widvey |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Constituency | Rogaland |
| In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2017 | |
| Constituency | Oslo |
| Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
| Assumed office 18 April 2015 | |
| Leader | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Helga Pedersen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1983 Strand, Rogaland, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Kristian Skard (m. 2019) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo Stavanger University College Kingston University |
She is a member of the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture from 2012 to 2013. She was 29 years of age at the time and became the youngest minister to serve in the Norwegian government.[2]
She is the first Muslim member of government. Tajik has been a Member of the Norwegian Parliament since 2009.[3]
References
- ↑ https://snl.no/Hadia_Tajik. Snl.no
- ↑ Buer, Kathleen (21 September 2012) (in no). Hadia Tajik (29) blir ny Kulturminister. http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2012/09/21/hadia-tajik-29-blir-den-yngste-ministeren-noensinne. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "The sixth parliamentary seat". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.